Paper package.



S. WHEELER.

PAPER PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.26,1906.

91 2,762. Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

WITNESSES:

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4;, ATTORNEYS SETH WHEELER, OF CASTLETON, NEW YORK.

PAPER PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed September 26, 1906. Serial No. 336,237.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Castleton, county of Rensselaer.

Y State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Packages, of which the following is a speci-' fication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in paper packages, and particularly to packages of toilet paper, and my invention consists in a package composed of units containing sheets of diifering quality or weight, or quality and weight. Preferably I provide alternately arranged light sheets of high quality, and heavier sheets of lower quality, each pair of contiguous sheets of diflering quality comprising a unit.

The object of my invention is to produce a package in which a high quality of thin paper is employed, strengthened, however, with a heavier sheet of lower quality. In this way a higher grade quality of package may be produced at a lower cost than heretofore, and the units may be of greater strength than has heretofore been possible in a high grade package of uniform quality.

I also contemplate varying the quality or pro rties of the material by employing a me icated sheet as one sheet of each unit.

It will be understood that many and varied forms of packages may be employed, and that the exact nature of the packages is not essential in the broad aspect of my invention, but, in order that the same may be well .understood, and to comply with the Patent Office requirements, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings in dlagrammatic form, a package embodying my invention,

and also a unit containing two sheets having different characteristics.

Figure 1 is the package, and Fig. 2 one of the units of which the same is composed.

Reference character 3 designates a sheet of high quality and superior finish and which may, if desired, be medicated, and reference character 4 desi ates a stronger sheet of lower quality, W ich constitutes a backing therefor.

The unit shown in F i 2 is what is known as the three-fold unit, t e package in Fig. 1

comprising a plurality of such units interfolded in a manner well known, and as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

What I claim is:

1. A package of toilet paper comprising a number of units each containing a sheet of coarse paper and a sheet of fine paper, the said sheets separate and unattached but held together by reverse folding, the said units interfolded one with another.

2. A package of toilet paper comprising a number of unlts each containing a sheet of high grade thin paper and a heavier sheet of lower grade paper, the said sheets separate and unattached but held together by reverse folding, the said units interfolded one with another.

8. A package of toilet paper composed of separate and unattached sheets of paper alternately arranged, thesaid alternate sheets having different characteristics, and assembled to insure handling of two of such different sheets together.

SETH WHEELER. Witnesses:

WM. A. WHEELER, SETH WH ER, Jr. 

